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And the importance of the statesman's legacy at a time once again troubled by instability and conflict, from Europe to the Middle East, for which a "Churchill vision" is often invoked.
At a time when the lack of Western leaders capable of dominating the great challenges of a history that presents its own dramas is often felt.
The United Kingdom commemorates 150 years since the birth of the greatest modern statesman, who was born on November 30, 1874, when the British Empire dominated the seas and Europe around the world.
Winston Churchill is remembered above all as the indomitable Conservative prime minister who opposed Adolf Hitler's Nazism "in his darkest hour" and made victory in World War II possible along with other Allied leaders.
He was a generally admired and controversial figure, certainly a child of his era, who over the years has come under fire and even been treated as a racist and colonialist figure, culminating in a protest against one of his statues most famous in London.
In the celebrations of his birth, centered on the series of events organized by Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, the luxurious residence of the Duke of Marlborough where their illustrious offspring, the son of a career politician, Lord Randolph Churchill and the American Jennie Jerome, was born. heir to a wealthy American businessman and diplomat, among others the owner of the New York Times - however, the commemorative aspect prevails.
And the importance of the statesman's legacy at a time once again troubled by instability and conflict, from Europe to the Middle East, for which a "Churchill vision" is often invoked.
The man of many lives, who died aged 90 in 1965, was exemplified and extolled by political leaders of other ideologies, albeit with dubious results, copied by former Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson, admirer and biographer of Sir Winston, but in fact he does not seem to have heirs of his stature.
To remember him, a long calendar of events has been organized, which includes exhibitions, conferences, new publications, inaugurations of monuments, historical re-enactments, and among the initiatives is the issuance of stamps with some of the many famous phrases that have become aphorisms.
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